This qualitative study used a grounded theory methodology to analyze life-story interviews obtained from 10 family business owners regarding their experiences in their businesses with the goal of understanding the complexities of family business succession. The grounded theory that emerged from this study is best understood as a potential web of constraints that can bear on the succession proce...

Current theories about vegetation succession and food web assembly are poorly compatible, as food webs are generally viewed to be static, and succession is usually analyzed without the inclusion of higher trophic levels. In this study we present results from a detailed analysis of ecosystem assembly rules over a chronosequence of 100 years of salt marsh succession. First, using 13 yearlong obse...

background: the double heterozygous state of α/β thalassemia may alter the hematological indices and modify the phonotype. in addion, definite characterizaon of co-inheritance of α- and β-thalassemia heterozygous carriers may change the process of genec counseling. materials and methods: an iranian couple with low hematological indices was analyzed for α-globin gene deleons using mulplex g...

We introduce in this paper a new interacting particle system intended to model an example of ecological succession involving two species: Pteridium aquilinum L. commonly called bracken and Fagus sylvatica L. or european beech. The species both compete over vacant sites, assimilated to windfall, according to fundamentally different evolutionary strategies. Our main objective is to exhibit phase ...

The mam plant communities of ultramafic (serpentine) outcrops of a Mediterranean area in central Italy are described and their successional pathway discussed. Four vegetation stages are distinguished: a) an endemic garigue stage, with high percentage of exposed rocky soil belonging to Armerio-Alyssetum bertolonii; b) a garigue stage similar to the previous one but with several Mediterranean eve...

this study was designed to investigate the structural characteristics of beech forests in the middle stage of ecological succession. in order to this purpose undisturbed beech stands in kheyroud forest had chosen and three one hectare sampling plot laid out. all of tree species measured with full callipering method and diameter and height of trees were recorded. natural regeneration within one ...